CANTON, Mass. - Friday, 17. April 2026 AETOSWire Print


Establishing an innovative class of polyomavirus antivirals spanning BK and JC virus indications

(BUSINESS WIRE) -- Orthogon Therapeutics today announced the closing of a follow-on $11 million financing, bringing its total capital raised to $36 million. This financing supports the continued advancement of its first-in-class drug against BK polyomavirus. BK virus infections are a major cause of complications in transplant patients, with no approved treatments.

The company is pioneering an oral therapy that addresses the full spectrum of BK infection, from early reactivation through systemic spread and onset of severe disease. By targeting viral proteins previously considered inaccessible to small molecule drugs, Orthogon is advancing a solution where other therapeutic modalities have fallen short.

Orthogon’s lead asset uniquely targets the viral capsid protein (VP1), delivering potent antiviral ef ... Read more »

LUXEMBOURG - Friday, 17. April 2026 AETOSWire Print

(BUSINESS WIRE) -- The new Sisvel Point of Sale (POS) patent pool, announced on 1 April, has added three new licensors in the last two weeks. BlackBerry, JVCKENWOOD and SK Telecom have joined founding licensors Huawei, LG Electronics and Nokia in making their patents available for license through the programme.

Sisvel POS covers 2G, 3G, 4G and 5G technologies. It is the first joint licensing programme to address point of sale devices – a category of product that has leveraged cellular connectivity to transform customer payment processing.

Participating patent owners make their relevant standards essential patents (SEPs) available on FRAND terms, simplifying access to essential IP rights for POS device makers. Early participation incentives for licensors are available until mid-May. Parties interested in joining the pool are encouraged to contact Sisvel as soon as possible.

“BlackBerry, JVCKENWOOD and SK ... Read more »

Company Expects to Emerge from Prepackaged Chapter 11 in Coming Weeks With Significantly Deleveraged Balance Sheet Including Approximately $3.8 Billion Reduction in Outstanding Funded Debt

Significant New Money Investment Will Establish Strong Liquidity Position to Support Long-Term Growth and Investment

(BUSINESS WIRE)--Multi-Color Corporation (“MCC” or the “Company”), a global leader in prime label solutions, today announced that the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of New Jersey (the “Court”) has confirmed the Company’s prepackaged plan of reorganization (the “Plan”). MCC expects to emerge from prepackaged Chapter 11 in the coming weeks.

Under the terms of the Plan, MCC will complete a comprehensive restructuring transaction that significantly deleverages the Company’s balance sheet and recapitalizes the business. The restructuring reduces net debt by approximately $3.8 billion, reduces annualized cash interest expense by more than $330 million ... Read more »

Any robot. Any warehouse. One brain. Now at scale.



(BUSINESS WIRE)--Skild AI today announced the acquisition of Zebra Technologies' Robotics Automation business, including its Symmetry Fulfillment orchestration platform.

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The Skild Brain — the industry's first omnibodied AI software designed to operate without prior knowledge of a robot's exact body form — can control any robot, across any task, in any warehouse environment. With Zebra's battle-tested Symmetry orchestration platform, it now has the infrastructure to deploy and orchestrate entire fleets of Skild Brain-powered robots at enterprise scale.

From Fragmented Automation to Orchestrated Intelligence: Warehouse robots today are programmed task-by-task, locked to specific hardware. Change the robot, and you're largely starting from scratch. The Skild Brain was built t ... Read more »